← Vulnerability feed

Vulnerability record · CVE-2015-4116 · published 16 May 2016

CVE-2015-4116: Opensuse leap vulnerability

Opensuse · Leap

Use-after-free vulnerability in the spl_ptr_heap_insert function in ext/spl/spl_heap.c in PHP before 5.5.27 and 5.6.x before 5.6.11 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by triggering a failed SplMinHeap::compare operation.

9.8 CVSS 3.0 Critical EPSS 5.5% · top 7.5%
9.8CVSS 3.0 base score, v2 7.5
5.5%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
2Affected product versions listed by NVD
10References, 4 tagged exploit
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in the spl_ptr_heap_insert function in ext/spl/spl_heap.c in PHP before 5.5.27 and 5.6.x before 5.6.11 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by triggering a failed SplMinHeap::compare operation.

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

2 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=1cbd25ca15383394ffa9ee8601c5de4c0f2f90e1
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-06/msg00027.html
http://php.net/ChangeLog-5.php
https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=69737 Exploit
https://www.htbridge.com/advisory/HTB23262 Exploit
http://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=1cbd25ca15383394ffa9ee8601c5de4c0f2f90e1
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-06/msg00027.html
http://php.net/ChangeLog-5.php
https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=69737 Exploit
https://www.htbridge.com/advisory/HTB23262 Exploit

Track CVE-2015-4116 inside VULONE

Watch it alongside the ransomware crews, C2 infrastructure and forum chatter that reference it, query it through the API and pull it into your SIEM over TAXII.

Start free Open in platform

Related vulnerabilities

Same products first, then exploited flaws of the same weakness class.

9.8CVE-2024-4577PHP-CGI on Windows argument injection leads to remote code executionPHP-CGI on Windows can misinterpret characters in the command line passed to Win32 API functions when certain code pages are configured, due to Windo…KEVEPSS 100%analysed9.8CVE-2020-16846SaltStack Salt API shell injection via crafted web requestsSaltStack Salt through 3002 is vulnerable to OS command injection when the SSH client is enabled and crafted web requests are sent to the Salt API. T…KEVEPSS 100%analysed9.8CVE-2020-12641Roundcube Webmail OS command injection via image conversion path settingsRoundcube Webmail before 1.4.4 passes the im_convert_path and im_identify_path configuration settings to a shell without sanitization in rcube_image.…KEVEPSS 84%analysed9.8CVE-2020-11651SaltStack Salt master authentication bypass in ClearFuncsSaltStack Salt before 2019.2.4 and 3000 before 3000.2 fails to properly validate method calls in the salt-master ClearFuncs class, allowing remote un…KEVEPSS 97%analysed9.8CVE-2020-1938Apache Tomcat AJP connector file read and JSP execution flawApache Tomcat shipped an AJP Connector enabled by default that listened on all configured IP addresses, and Tomcat treats AJP connections as more tru…KEVEPSS 99%analysed9.8CVE-2019-11043PHP-FPM buffer overflow enables remote code executionPHP-FPM in certain configurations writes past allocated buffers into FCGI protocol data space, an out-of-bounds write (CWE-787, CWE-120). It affects …KEVEPSS 100%analysed9.8CVE-2016-3427Oracle Java SE JMX Improper Access Control VulnerabilityCVE-2016-3427 is an unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java SE 6u113, 7u99, 8u77, Java SE Embedded 8u77, and JRockit R28.3.9, reached through vector…KEVEPSS 92%analysed9.8CVE-2012-1823PHP-CGI query string option injection enables remote code executionPHP versions before 5.3.12 and 5.4.x before 5.4.2, when run as a CGI script (php-cgi), mishandle query strings that lack an equals sign, allowing com…KEVEPSS 100%analysed

Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2015-4116), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.